Toy.



L. A; NEWCOMB.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 13, 1915.

Patented Mar. 14,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. \VASIHNUA LESLIE A. NEWCOMB, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed October 13, 1915. Serial No. 55,593.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LESLIE A. NnwooMB, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to toys, and the object of my invention is to provide a series of rattles mounted and rotated so as to present a variety of colors and at the same time intermittent rattling sounds; together with such elements and combinations as are hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

I accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation. Fig. 4 is a section through one of the rattles.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

To the opposite sides of the base, A, I attach the uprights, B, B. Near the upper ends of the uprights I mount a spindle, C, and at one end attach a crank handle, D. To the spindle, C, which is preferably square, I attach a series of wire brackets, E, E, and at the end of each bracket I mount a rattle, F. The rattles, F, may be made up of thin celluloid balls formed of two hemispheres, f, f, provided with a locking head, 9 arranged so that the edge of the bead on one of the hemispheres overlaps the bead on the other, as shown in Fig. 4c- The ends of the brackets, E, are preferably bent at e extending through the sides of the rattles, F, and then bent upon themselves so as to form a hook, as shown in Fig. 4. In the rattles I place a series of small pebbles, G. I preferably make these rattles of different colors by painting or coloring them in any suitable manner. so as to be attractive to the eye and engage the attention of little children. At each end of the base, A, I attach the upright brackets, H, H, and mount in them the rattles, J, J, which are the same as the rattles, F, F, in construction. The rattles, J, J are so placed in reference to the rattles, F, F, that as the rattles, F, F, are rotated they will strike the rattles, J, J. The brackets, H, will give when the rattles,

F and J, coincide, as shown at the left of Fig. 2; and the spaces between the rattles, F, F, are arranged in reference to the location of the rattles, J, J, so that the rattle, F, will strike one of the rattles, J, before the rattle on the other side of the upright will strike the rattle, J. This is illustrated in Fig. 2, where the dotted lines show the position of the rattles, F, when one of the rattles, F, engages the rattle, J, the full lines showing the position of each of the rattles when they are in non-engagement.

My toy presents the appearance of a wheel having at the end of its spokes variegated colored balls which, when rotated, together with the sounds emitted, engage and hold the attention of a child.

I do not limit myself to the form of brackets used for mounting the rattles, nor to rattles constructed as shown.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A toy comprising a frame; a spindle mounted therein; a series of projections ex tending from said spindle; a loosely mounted rattle in the end of each projection; with an intercepting rattle attached to the frame with which the rattles on said projections engage intermittently when the spindle is rotated.

2. A toy comprising a frame; a spindle mounted therein; a series of wire brackets attached to and projecting from said spindle; a rattle mounted at the end of each bracket; and a wire bracket attached at each end of the frame, with which the rattles on the brackets attached to the spindle engage in their rotation.

3. A toy comprising a frame; a spindle mounted therein; a series of wire brackets attached to the spindle and projecting therefrom; and a series of rattles each made up of two hemispherical thin disks joined together by a locking head, the ends of the wires comprising the brackets passing through each of said disks and bentin the form of a hook therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LESLIE A. NEWOOMB.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK W. CAMERON, BEULAH CARLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. G. 

